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Procurement that’s proactive and innovative

It finally appears that government is beginning to recognise the importance of maximising the benefit of procurement spending. There is an emerging realisation that the £257bn spent by central government and the wider public sector on procuring goods and services must create jobs and growth. Indeed it represents a fifth of all government expenditure.

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A new regeneration strategy (in Scotland at least)

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Built to last a lifetime

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Scotland’s regen strategy: ‘We’re all in this together’

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Civil society stepping up?

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The challenge of reform in an age of austerity

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Let’s plough the fields and scatter!

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The crisis in housing

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Welfare reform: taking benefits from addicts

I didn’t’ mean to write this blog, but the news that IDS wants to dock benefits from alcohol and drug users caught my attention. A couple of weekends ago, I spent my Saturday morning chatting to a group of men who are currently in drug and alcohol recovery as part of a research project I’ve been doing with CLES.